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782207

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Leigh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming universal credit in Leigh have requested an advance on their payments in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	110869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>There is no data broken down by area or region. The latest statistics on Universal Credit Advances were published on 02 October 2017 which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-advances-may-2016-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-advances-may-2016-to-june-2017</a>. This shows that, in July 2017, 8,400 new claims to UC Full Service received either a New Claim or Benefit Transfer Advance. This represents 52% of new claims that are eligible for a UC payment.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 08/11/2017 10:21:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

773300

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Leigh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to allocate Northern and Midland High Speed 2 infrastructure funding to connect Leigh with High Speed 2.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	108482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Leigh’s closest HS2 station, Wigan North Western, will be served by HS2 trains following completion of HS2 Phase One in 2026, and by 2033 will be served by HS2 trains from London, Birmingham, Preston and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The department has made no assessment of the costs of a direct rail line or rail journey times between Leigh and HS2.</p><p> </p><p>The government has provided Greater Manchester Combined Authority with £2.5m to develop HS2 Growth Strategies, which include plans for improving connectivity across Greater Manchester to the planned HS2 stations. Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Transport for Greater Manchester are advancing their wider plans for connectivity across the city region through their Greater Manchester 2040 Transport Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The government has committed £300m to future-proof HS2 to support Transport for the North’s ambition for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) between the North’s largest cities. Transport for the North are currently developing the business case for NPR, which includes investigating serving other significant economic centres.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 108495 108496 108497 question first answered 25/10/2017 14:19:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

773308

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Leigh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment on the (a) feasibility and (b) cost of a direct rail line between Leigh and HS2.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	108495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Leigh’s closest HS2 station, Wigan North Western, will be served by HS2 trains following completion of HS2 Phase One in 2026, and by 2033 will be served by HS2 trains from London, Birmingham, Preston and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The department has made no assessment of the costs of a direct rail line or rail journey times between Leigh and HS2.</p><p> </p><p>The government has provided Greater Manchester Combined Authority with £2.5m to develop HS2 Growth Strategies, which include plans for improving connectivity across Greater Manchester to the planned HS2 stations. Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Transport for Greater Manchester are advancing their wider plans for connectivity across the city region through their Greater Manchester 2040 Transport Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The government has committed £300m to future-proof HS2 to support Transport for the North’s ambition for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) between the North’s largest cities. Transport for the North are currently developing the business case for NPR, which includes investigating serving other significant economic centres.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 108482 108496 108497 question first answered 25/10/2017 14:19:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

773310

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the rail journey times between Leigh and HS2 stations in (a) Wigan, (b) Manchester Airport and (c) Manchester Piccadilly.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	108496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Leigh’s closest HS2 station, Wigan North Western, will be served by HS2 trains following completion of HS2 Phase One in 2026, and by 2033 will be served by HS2 trains from London, Birmingham, Preston and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The department has made no assessment of the costs of a direct rail line or rail journey times between Leigh and HS2.</p><p> </p><p>The government has provided Greater Manchester Combined Authority with £2.5m to develop HS2 Growth Strategies, which include plans for improving connectivity across Greater Manchester to the planned HS2 stations. Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Transport for Greater Manchester are advancing their wider plans for connectivity across the city region through their Greater Manchester 2040 Transport Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The government has committed £300m to future-proof HS2 to support Transport for the North’s ambition for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) between the North’s largest cities. Transport for the North are currently developing the business case for NPR, which includes investigating serving other significant economic centres.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 108482 108495 108497 question first answered 25/10/2017 14:19:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

773311

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the rail journey times between Leigh and HS2 stations in (a) Wigan, (b) Manchester Airport and (c) Manchester Piccadilly.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	108497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Leigh’s closest HS2 station, Wigan North Western, will be served by HS2 trains following completion of HS2 Phase One in 2026, and by 2033 will be served by HS2 trains from London, Birmingham, Preston and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The department has made no assessment of the costs of a direct rail line or rail journey times between Leigh and HS2.</p><p> </p><p>The government has provided Greater Manchester Combined Authority with £2.5m to develop HS2 Growth Strategies, which include plans for improving connectivity across Greater Manchester to the planned HS2 stations. Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Transport for Greater Manchester are advancing their wider plans for connectivity across the city region through their Greater Manchester 2040 Transport Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The government has committed £300m to future-proof HS2 to support Transport for the North’s ambition for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) between the North’s largest cities. Transport for the North are currently developing the business case for NPR, which includes investigating serving other significant economic centres.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 108482 108495 108496 question first answered 25/10/2017 14:19:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

774082

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the criteria for the allocation of funding on infrastructure for Northern and Midland High Speed 2.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	108675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review reconfirmed the Government’s commitment to the programme providing a long-term funding envelope of £55.7bn in 2015 prices. Of this £28.55bn was allocated to Phase Two. This allocation includes funding for infrastructure for the Northern and Midlands sections of High Speed 2. The funding has been allocated in order to deliver the benefits, including those for the North and Midlands, as set out in the Strategic, Economic and Financial cases for Phase Two, most recently published in July 2017.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/high-speed-rail-west-midlands-to-crewe-bill" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/high-speed-rail-west-midlands-to-crewe-bill</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 27/10/2017 11:13:46 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777907

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2017 to Question 108497, if his Department will undertake a study into journey times between Leigh and local High Speed 2 stations; and how such times can be reduced.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	109697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Greater Manchester Combined Authority, in conjunction with the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership, are best placed to develop schemes to improve local connectivity. To that end, the government has provided Greater Manchester with £2,500,000 to develop their HS2 Growth Strategies, which will look at the transport requirements for making the most of HS2. The government will continue to work with Greater Manchester to help deliver these plans.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/10/2017 16:40:59 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

781340

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Leigh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Transport for Greater Manchester on rail and High Speed 2 connectivity in Leigh.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	110552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Transport for Greater Manchester are advancing their wider plans for connectivity across the city region through their Greater Manchester 2040 Transport Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The government has provided Greater Manchester with £2,500,000 to develop their HS2 Growth Strategies, which will look at the transport requirements for making the most of HS2. The government will continue to work with Greater Manchester to help deliver these plans.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 07/11/2017 14:00:45 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

781447

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the eligibility criteria will be for the planned £300 million infrastructure funding to be connected to northern towns and cities with High Speed 2.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	110675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The HS2 scheme itself will already be positive for the North, delivering capacity, connectivity and economic growth benefits. In addition, in October the Chancellor announced £300m to ensure that HS2 infrastructure can accommodate future Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) and Midlands Connect services. This includes connections:</p><p> </p><ul><li>in the Leeds area, enabling trains from for example Sheffield and the Midlands to travel via Leeds and on to York and the North East;</li><li>to the HS2 Western Leg line to connect Liverpool to Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly stations;</li><li>in the Manchester area to enable NPR services from Liverpool to continue from Manchester Piccadilly station east towards for example Leeds; and</li><li>to enable services from East Midlands to the North to travel via HS2, for example between Leicester and Leeds.</li></ul><p>These uses of HS2 infrastructure could be reflected in the Phase 2b hybrid bill if practical and affordable propositions can be developed that deliver value for money for the taxpayer whilst ensuring significant benefits for passengers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 07/11/2017 14:03:30 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

781449

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Leigh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the cost of a direct rail line between Leigh and High Speed 2.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	110682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State would expect Greater Manchester authorities to take the lead in developing local transport around Leigh, including any proposals for links to future HS2 stations.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 07/11/2017 14:06:08 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt